Meanings
- pluralplural onlychaps (trousers)
To protect our legs we wore over the trousers heavy leather chaparejos, sometimes of bear or buffalo hide.
1911, Thomas Carson, Ranching, Sport and Travel3 more examples
In the store the long shelves upon one side held dry-goods, while upon the opposite shelves a miscellany of groceries was displayed; toward the rear was the storekeeper's assortment of hardware near a counter piled high with sweaters, boots, chaparejos, all jumbled hopelessly.
1920, Jackson Gregory, Man to ManLean, wiry, bronzed men, their legs cased in leather chaparejos, with small boots, high heels, and great spurs, they were, despite their loose, slouchy seat, the best rough-riders in the world.
1910, Edgar Beecher Bronson, The Red-Blooded Heroes of the FrontierWhat he saw was a tall slim young man, in chaparejos and sombrero, the inevitable "repeater" at his hip, solitarily engaged in the process of breaking a bronco.
1905, Will Lillibridge, Ben Blair
Origin
From Spanish.
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